Jusuf Nurkić goes down in history in a very heavy defeat
Nikola Jokić’s former partner in the Nuggets, Jusuf Nurkic he’ll wait until he gets to the Jazz to don the three-time MVP costume. this night face or heatThe Bosnian signed his third triple-double in a row, which is unheard of in the history of the franchise.
He just signed on Tuesday Jazz’s second triple-double in 16 yearswith 16 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists in a win against the Wolves. It was the franchise’s first triple-double since Jordan Clarkson in 2024.
In the next match, he did it again against Spurs, this time with triple-double marked with 14 assists. It was then the first “double” by Pete Maravich, the franchise’s all-time leader in this category, when the team was still playing in New Orleans.
“It’s a great statistical success, but we lost by 30 points.”
And now, on Saturday, Jusuf Nurkić repeated it with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists, becoming the first player in the history of Jazz to achieve three consecutive triple-doubles. He also becomes the fourth center in NBA history to record three consecutive triple-doubles.
With this triple-double, he joins a very tight circle of Jazz players who have recorded at least three triple-doubles in this jersey, in addition to Pete Maravich (7), Mark Eaton (6), Karl Malone (3) and Andrei Kirilenko (3). A hat-trick achieved in just 36 games with the Jazz.
On the other hand, we note that Jazz took a big beating with 147 points received, and Jusuf Nurkic finished the match with a +/- of -30! Which Will Hardy did not fail to point out.
“Of course his teammates know that. This is a great statistical success. But we lost by 30 points.” he recalled this series. “It’s complicated, because I recognize that statistics are important in this league and show how special certain players can be at certain times. But sometimes individual results are emphasized despite a tough loss. Yusuf is playing very good basketball at the moment … but we still lost by only 30 points.”
2026-01-25 09:22:00
